Coin-holder.



P. lJ. LIGHTBODY. GOIN HOLDER. APPhLIGATION FILED APR. 6,1910.

976, 1 9 1'. Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

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FRANK J. LIGHTBODY, 0F WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO CAMBRIDGENOVELTY COMPANY, 0F CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATON OF MASSA-CHUSETTS.

COIN-HOLDER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

Application filed April 6, 1910. Serial No. 553,756.

fo all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. LIGHTBODY, of l/Vatertown, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Coin-Holders, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has for its object to provide a holder for coins andother like articles, adapted to be conveniently carried either in apocket or other receptacle, or supported on a garment, the constructionof the holder being such that it can be economically manufactured andconveniently opened and closed.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed todescribe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings which form a part 0I" this specicationFigures l and 2 represent perspective views of the members of myimproved coin holder, separated from each other. Figs. 3 and 4 representsectional views of' the same. Fig. 5 represents a sectional view showingthe members operatively connected. Fig. 6 represents a section on line6-6 of' Fig. 5.

Similar reference characters indicate the same or similar parts in allthe iigures.

My improved coin holder is composed of two sheet metal members a and Z),which are cupped or dished so that when assembled they form the sides ofa receptacle.

The member a is provided with an annular flange a', and the member b isprovided with an annular flange b which is of greater diameter than theflange a and is adapted to inclose the latter. When the parts areassembled the outer edge of the flange b bears against the body portionof the member a, as indicated by Fig. 5.

c represents a rivet having heads o', c2, bearing respectively on theouter sides of the members a. and I), said rivet extending throughorifices cl formed in the central portions of said members and not onlyholding the flanges a and o in sliding engagement with each other butalso constituting a pivotal connection between the members whereby eachmember is adapted to have a rotary movement relatively to the other, theflanges beingin sliding contact each with the other. 4

The flangev a has a segmental slot a3 in one side, and the flange b hasa stud or project'ionl?)3 adapted to enter said slot, said projectionbeing preferably formed by indenting the flange b to form an inwardlyprojecting boss, as shown by Fig. 5. The ends of the slot c3 and thestud b3 constitute stop members which limit the relative rotary movementof the members a and b.

The flange a is provided with an opening a2, and the flange Z9 isprovided with an opening b2. These openings are so formed and arrangedthat when the stud 3 is at one end of the slot a3, the openings a2 andb2 coincide and form a coin passage communicating with the interior ofthe holder. Then the stud b3 is at the opposite end of the slot a3, theopenings a2 and b2 are out of coincidence with each other so that theholder is closed.

One of the members of the holder may be provided with a suspensiondevice such as a ring e having a swinging engagement with the eye ,fformed on the member c, said ring enabling the holder to be suspended bya chain or otherwise from a garment. rlhe ring e is located at closeproximity to the openings a2 and b2, so that when the holder issuspended the said openings will be at the Lipper edge of the holder.

The flanges of the members a and Z) are preferably integral with thebody portions of the said members, each member and its flange beingadapted to be formed by a simple stamping operation from a sheet metalblank. The members are connected simply by inserting the llange a in theflange o and then applying the rivet c which has previously been formedwith a head at one end, and upsetting the opposite end of the rivet toform the other head. The number of parts and the time and labor ofassembling the same are therefore reduced to the minimum.

I claim- A coin holder comprising two cupped sheet metal members eachhaving an annular flange, one of which is formed to inclose the other,and a connecting rivet having a head at one end bearing on the outerside of the central portion of one of the members, and a head at theopposite end bearing on the outer side of the central portion of theother member, said rivet extending across the space between the membersand holding their flanges in sliding engagement with each other, saidrivet permitting a rotary movement of each member relatively to the lout of coincidence when the members at 10 other, one of said flangeshaving a slot and the opposite eXtreme of said movement. the other aprojection which enters the slot In testimony vvhereotI I have axed myalrlld is adalpted tl abult against the ends signature, in presence oftwo Witnesses.A

t ereo' to imit t e re ative rotary movements of the members, theflanges being pro- FRANK J LIGHTBODY vided with openings which coincideto form Witnesses:

a coin passage When the members are at one C.v F. BROWN,

extreme of their relative movement, and are P. W'. PEZZETTI.

